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What do you mean by location of a point cartesian plane ?

In the Cartesian plane, both axes are labelled with numbers.
Suppose we have to locate "(5, 2)"  on the plane.
The x-coordinate always comes first. The first number  is always on the horizontal axis.
So, for the point (5, 2), you would start at the "origin", the spot where the axes cross:
then count over to "five" on the x-axis:
then count up to "two", moving parallel to the y-axis:
and then draw in the dot:
Finding the location of (5, 2) and then drawing its dot is called "plotting the point (5, 2)".


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